“I am a revolutionary. I don’t find it a threatening word. It’s a nice word, it’s a good word. It’s an honorable word. And people who are revolutionaries are honorable people. Some of them are our national heroes, like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Capitalism, the system we live under, is the main thing standing in the way of human progress. It keeps people divided, it keeps people unequal, it keeps people from resolving their own problems. That is why I don’t hesitate to say I’m a revolutionary. Revolutions can be either peaceful or violent. After fighting in two wars, I favor nonviolence.”
“I am a revolutionary. I don’t find it a threatening word. It’s a nice word, it’s a good word. It’s an honorable word. And people who are revolutionaries are honorable people. Some of them are our national heroes, like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Capitalism, the system we live under, is the main thing standing in the way of human progress. It keeps people divided, it keeps people unequal, it keeps people from resolving their own problems. That is why I don’t hesitate to say I’m a revolutionary. Revolutions can be either peaceful or violent. After fighting in two wars, I favor nonviolence.”